Gmail's New Default Theme is a Step Backwards for Usability

Re:Gmail's New Default Theme is a Step Backwards for Usability by bapbap on Thursday November 20, 2008 @02:27PM (#370902)

Luckily people will be getting a Theme switcher, though comparing my now "Classic" themed Personal account, to my Google Apps for domains default theme, there are differences, so Classic isn't exactly the same as the old default theme.

I believe it's the colour behind the "Archive", "Delete" buttons.

Yes I am being anal but I look at that screen for a decent proportion of my day and it doesn't look right, which is annoying.

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Re:Gmail's New Default Theme is a Step Backwards for Usability by mrtron on Thursday November 20, 2008 @03:56PM (#371005)

I went back to Classic as my theme (after briefly considering the eye straining Terminal throw-back).

It is close enough to the original that it feels the same to me.

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Re:Gmail's New Default Theme is a Step Backwards for Usability by bapbap on Thursday November 20, 2008 @06:45PM (#371211)

I'll get used to it eventually, I'd probably get used to any of the themes eventually. Except the Terminal one, I'll happily miss out on the geek points to avoid it.

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Re:Gmail's New Default Theme is a Step Backwards for Usability by zeynel on Friday November 21, 2008 @04:18PM (#372339)

How did you go back to classic permanently? I click "Older version" and it goes to classic mode for that session but every time I open it I get the new version.

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